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Y FENCE. No 317,344.y Patente-d `May 5, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE T. HAMMOND, OF OOMMACK, NEW YORK.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,344, dated Iv/Iay5, 1885 Application tiled March 3, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE 'I. HAMMOND, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Oommack, in the county of Suffolk and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences;and I Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in farmand portable felices; and it consists in the improvements hereinafterfully set forth and explained.

In the annexed drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure l is aside View showing the fence in position. Fig. 2 is a detail view showingone of the fencefposts in section and a means for securing the panels tothe posts by keys; and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the arrangementof the wire braces.

A represents the longitudinal rails, which are secured to the verticalend battens, B B, by bolts or nails,'so as to allow the rails to foldone upon the other or edge to edge, and these railsare provided at theircentral portion with another similar batten, B', which is provided atits central portion with a perforation, a, the end battens beingYprovided near their top and bottom with perforations b b.

To secure the parts of the panel together, the longitudinal rails arefirst laid upon asuitable frame, which has attached to it plates of ironlocated at points corresponding with the positions of the rails, so thatwhen the rails and battens are laid upon the frame, andare secured toeach other by wrought-iron nails, the ends of the nails, after passingthrough the rails and battens, strike upon the iron plate and clinchupon the rails; or, if desirable, these battens and rails maybe securedto each other by screw-threaded bolts and nuts.

Vhen it is desirable to put the fence in place, posts are sunk in theusual manner, and holes are bored in the same in positions Which willcorrespond with the holes in the end battens, and wires are insertedthrough the same, which wires are passed through the end battens andthrough the central perforation, a, of the middle hatten, where the topwire is carried around the under wire, as shown at c in Figs. l and 3.The top wire is then carried through the top hole in the other endbatten, and the lower wire through the lower hole in the same batten.These wires C C are secured to the rails by staples d d, as shown. Bymeans of these wire braces the panels are held in place, and they mayalso be adjusted to suit the different lays of the land, and by crossingin the center they serve further to brace the panel, as the corners ofthe same are not drawn toward each other, as would be the case if thewires ran parallel with the rails. in the batten perforations either bybeing bent over upon the post and fastened with a staple, or bybeingcarried to supplemental posts, as shown in Fig. 3.

A fence constructed as hereinbefore set forth can be cheaply made, andcan,when desired, be easily removed, and a number of panels can betightened at the same time when the wires are stretched.

I am aware that it is not new to provide gates or fences with diagonalbraces, and I do not claim such invention, broadly; but

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, in a fence, of a series of panelsections, eachconsisting of longitudinal rails and vertical batteus connectedtogether, the said battens being provided with a series of openings, asdescribed, and wires extending through the openings in the battens andsuitably crossed and secured at the ceuter of both ot' saidpanel-sections,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a fence, of a series of panel-sections adapted tofold upon each other, each consisting of longitudinal rails and verticalbattens connected together, the said battens being provided with aseries of openings, as described, and Wires extending through theopenings in said battens crossing and secured at the center of eachpanel, and connected to the rails by staples, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE T. HAMMOND.

Witnesses:

ELLIOTT J. SMITH, JAMEs BOWEN.

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